Addressing-machine.



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ADDRESSING MACHINE.

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Patented July 21, 1914.

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F. DE MINICO.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1912.

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FRANK DE MINICO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 POLLARD-ALLING MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, 0F NEXV YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 14, 1912.

Patented July 21, 1914. Serial No. 720,359.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DE Mrivico, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in' the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in i.\ddressing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to addressing machines and particularly. to that class thereof adapted for successively feeding to printing osition a series of individual plates, taking impressions therefrom respectively and dischargin the plates after using.

The o ject of my improvements is to proH vide a machine of the class specified, simple I in construction and reliable in operation.

To these' ends my improvements are illus trated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation, with the front leg removed, of my improved machine. Fig. 2 1s a front elevation, and Fig. 3 is a, plan corresponding therewith. Fig. 4 a detail sectional elevation on line 4, at of Fig. 3, showing the parts in positions differing from the positions of'Fig. 1. Fig. 5 a sectional plan on line 5, 5 of Fig. L1. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation on line o, fi of F ig. 4. Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are detail views illustrating the operation of my improvements. Fig. 10 is a vdetail view of one of the parts.

Fig. 11 is a plan view, partly in section on line 1,.1 of F ig. 12, of a modified arrange ment of some details of my improved inachine; Fig. l2 is an elevation correspond ing with the showing of Fig. 11, and Fin'. '3 i is a View similar to that of Fig. 12 out ing the parts in diterent positions.

My improved machlne comprises {.irinti.L bed 2 onto which tlierinting plates P are advanced, one by one, rom a printing late supply, or hopper 3. Slide 7, 1. .ante for reciprocation on rod 40 arallel with printing bed 2, is provided with hook 8 pivotally mounted at 9 therein, and said hook is urged to its work by leaf spring 10, and heel 11 of said hook.V is stopped against .the upper face of slide 7. Said hook is etti engaging the rear end of the lowermcst plate P, in hopper 3, and for advancing it over slideway 12 to printing bed 2. Printing platen 1.3 is adjustably mounted in the free front end of platen arm 14 and may be reciprocated toward and away from printcient for 1^ timed to suitably ing bed 2 by the oscillation or arm 14 on pivot 15 fixed in depending 'frame 16'.

Main lever 17 is pivotally mounted on stud 18 in frame 16 and may be oscillated between stops .19 and 2() by hand or preferably foot power applied to the lower not shown, but all accordin to well known practice. pivot 1S, is connected by link 21 tothe overliaiiging rear end' 22 of platen arm 14, whereby, upon the oscillation of main lever 1.7, platen 13 is caused to move toward and from printing bed 2.

Ti'irning freely on stud 23, iXed in hub f-'iof iframe i6, is plate lever 25, connected at its upper end with plate slide 7 by link :'it. Plate lever -is preferably composed of two members, hub portion 27 and arm p0rtion These members are neet-ed at 29 and Feld, in their normal, relative positions (of ier instance liigs. l and 4) b v spring 30. The object of this construction is to permitsaid'lever to collapse without breaking or damaging other parts of the machine. Said lever is constrained to its rearward position, Fig. a, by. s rin 31. Hub 27 has formed in the upper e ge t ereol" tooth pawl 33 pivoted at 34 onniain arm 17. When arm 17 is swung forwardly from the position of Fig. 4 to that of Fig. 1, pawl 33 engages tooth 32 and swings plate lever-25 forwardly, thereby moving' slide 7, and through hook 8, lowermost plate P from hopper 3 alon The upper end o lever 17, above slideway 12 a distance of" 32 for engagement by plate lever' of lever 17 successive plates are delivered into slideway 12 and he first plate is delivered to printing bel Then at each successive swing of lever 17 a late is delivered into the slideway and tiie used plate is uhed out forvrardiy from ofi' the printing In practice plates P will be inked upon reaching printing bed 2 but as means for so doing are well known in the art and form lno part of my improvements 'furtherv reference thereto is omitted.

As slide 7 is operated for advancin the plates by the forward swingcf main lever 17, and as platen 13 is o eratcd downwardly to print by the rearwar swing of said lever, it will be obvious that the two operations are coa'ct, It will be observedl that, as herein dea; end thereo scribed, at each swing of lever 17 and at l hub 27 and lever 17 shaft 50 is rotatabl each corresponding downward movement of mounted in hub 51 of frame 16. Said sha t platen 13, a plate 1s printed from, and afterward discharged. As well known in the art it is often desirable to make two successive impressions from each plate before discharging it, and at other times it is desirable to make three such impressions. For accomplishing these results I provide the following means: At each side 'of hub y 27 of plate lever 25 and mounted for free rotation coaxially therewith are ratchets 36, 37 respectively, Aand on lever 17 at each side o and ooaxially with pawl 33, are pawls 38, 39 for engagement respectively with said ratchets. The engaging points of pawls 38, 39 are wider than theirespective ratchets and those points7 reach inwardly to partially overlap hub 27 for engagement, when per niitted by their respective ratcliets, with tooth 32 of that hub. For preventing the rotation of iatchets 36, 37, except when engaged by their respective pawls, vI interposc frictional washers 42, 43 between said ratchets and fixed parts of the machine, as hub 24 and collar 41 respectively. Collar 41 is held against turning on stud 23 by pin 44. Vashers 42, 43 and ratchets 36, 37 are held in frictional engagement respectively by sp1-in 45.

Ratchet 37 is provided with six teeth, and alternate teeth 46, thereof, are of such depth as to permit pawl 39 to engage tooth 32 of hub 27, while the remaining teeth 47 of said ratchet are so shallow as to prevent the engagement of said tooth 32 by said pawl 39. Thus during alternate strokes of lever 17 and p awl 39, when that pawl is permitted to engage ratchet 37, lever 25 is actuated and a plate P is fed forwardly, and during the other alternate strokes of said lever 17 and pawl 39, lever 25 is not actuated but remains at rest while platen 13 descends to malle a second impression from the plate then on the printing bed. This action is clearly illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9. In Fig. 7 pawl 39 is in one of the deep teeth 46 and as that pawl moves forwardly to the position of Fig. 8, it engages tooth 32 of hub 27 and swings plate lever 25 from the position of Fig. 4 to that of Fig. 1. Pawl 39 then moving backwardly from the position of Fig. 8 engages one of teeth 47 and in its next forward movement travels idly with respect of tooth 32, see Fig. 9. Ratchet 36, Fig. 10, is provided with fdur shallow teeth 47 and two deep teeth 46 so arranged, that in coaction with pawl 38, platen 13 will descend three times for each plate P delivered thereunder.

For lifting and holding one or more of pawls 33, 38, 39 'out of .engaging positions with tooth 32 of hub 27 and ratchets 36, 37, provide the following means: Between ivoted at 34v 1s parallel with stud 23 and has fixed thereto adjacent to hub 27 lifting dog 52 in the vertical plane of and below pawl 38. Fixed to the outboard end of shaft 50 is dog 53. To the inner end of sleeve 54 turning freely on shaft 50 `is securedlifting dog 55 in the vertical plane of and below pawl 33. Fixed to the outboard end of sleeve 54 is dog 56. To the inner end of sleeve 57 turnin freely on sleeve 54 is lifting dog 58 in tie vertical plane of and below pawl 39. Fixed to the outboard end of sleeve 57 is dog` 59. Dogs 53, 56 and 59 are connected by links, as 60 to dog 53, with slide buttons, as 61 in table 35. Thus by sliding said'buttons, as 61, forwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3, dogs 53 and 52 are swung in anti-clockwise direction to the positions shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 6 and pawl 38 is lifted and held out of engaging position with ratchet 36 and tooth The other pawls may be similarly lifted as desired and at other times lowered into operative positions by a reverse movement of their governing buttons respectively. rlhus by lifting pawls 38 and 39 and leaving pawl 33 in operative position, each stroke of main lever 17 will present a fresh plate to the printing bed. By lifting pawls 33 and 351 and leaving pawl 39 in operative position, only alternate strokes of lever 17 will present a fresh plate to the printing Abed.

y lifting pawls 33 and 39 and leaving pawl 38 in operative position only every third stroke of lever 17 will present a fresh plate to the printing bed. Also, by lifting all of pawls 33, 38 and 39, lever 17 will operate without affecting the plate feed at all, and the printing will he continuously repeated from whatever plate is on the prlnting bed.

In Figs. 1l, 12 and 13 I have illustrated a moditied arrangement of the mechanism for actuating plate lever 25 from main lever 17. In this modification I employ only one pawl as 33, pivoted to lever 17 at 34, for engagement with tooth 32 of hub 27. Also for spring 31 for returning lever 25, I substitute link 71 having one end slotted for sliding engagement with pivot 34 of mifn lever 17, and the other end slotted for sli ing engagement with pin 63 in the upreaching portion of huh 27. Said link 71 is provided with pin 64, between which pin and pin 63, spring 62 is stretched for urging link 71 in the direction of said pin 63. In the modification of Figs. 11,'12 and 13 ratc ets 36, are fixed to shaft 50 and on that gortion of that shaft behind frame 16, fric on washers 42, 43 are mounted on opposite sides of collar 65. To said collar 65 is pivoted arm or lever 66 for moving shaft 50 and the parts mounted thereon endwise to bring ratchets 36, 37, small collar 67 and large c01- lar 68 in operative position, one at a time 'ver oscillating means to esci as needed, with tooth or nose 69 of pawl 33. Small collar 67 is efficient when in line with paWl 33, for permitting that pawl to engage at every forward stroke of lever 17, tooth 32 of hub 27; and large collar 68 is eicient under like circumstances for preventing the engagement of said paWl and tooth.

I claim:

1. An addressing machine including in combination, a printing bed, a reciprocating platen, a printing plate supply, means for successively advancing plates from the supply to the printing bed, a main lever, a pivoted plate lever operatively connected to said plate advancing means, means pivotally connected to said main lever for oscillating said plate lever and settable means interposed between said plate lever and plate lever oscillating means for governing the oscillations of said plate lever.

2. An addressing machine including in combination, a printing bed, a reciprocating platen, a printing plate supply, means for successively advancing plates from the supply to the printing bed, a main lever, means for reciprocating said platen from the main lever, a pivoted plate lever operatively connected to said plate advancing means, said plate lever having a paWl-engaging tooth and a plate lever pawl pivoted on said main lever for engagement with said plate lever tooth. i

3. In an addressing machine, the following .parts in combination: a printing plate supply, reciprocating means for successively advancing plates from said supply, a main lever, a pivoted plate lever operatively connected to said reciprocating plate advancing means, means for oscillating said plate lever from the main lever and settable means interposed between said plate lever and plate lever oscillating means for governing the oscillations of said plate lever.

4, ln an addressing machine, the following parts in combination: a printing plate supply, reciprocating means for successively advancing plates from said supply, a main lever, a pivoted plate lever operatively coniicctcd to said reciprocating plate advancing moans, said plate lever having a pawl-engag ing tooth and a plate lever paWl pivoted on said inaiii lever for engagement with said plate lever tooth.

5. ln an addressing machine, the follovving parts in combination; a printing plate supply, means for successively advancing plates from said supply, a main lever, a pivoted plate lever operatively connected to said plate advancing means, means for oscillating the plate lever from the main lever including a plurality of pivotally mounted ratcliets each effective, When selected, for at onetime permittin the plate leate the plate lever and at another time for preventing said means from oscillating tlie plate lever, and other means for, at ai other time, continuously permitting said oscillation, and

hand operated means for miking said selection.

G. In an addressing machine, the following parts iii combinationpa printing plate supply, means for successively advancing plates from said supply, a main lever, a pivoted plate lever operatively connected to said plate advancing means, means on said main lever for oscillating said plate lever, a plurality of pivotally mounted ratchets each operable, when selected, for at one time rendering said plate lever oscillating means iiicl'l'ective and at another time for rendering said plate lever oscillating means effective, and hand operated means for making said selection, l

7. In an addressing machine, the following parts in combination: a printing plate supply, reciprocating means for successively advancing plates from said supply, a main lever, a pivoted plate lever operatively connected to said reciprocating plate advancing means, a plate lever pawl pivoted on said main lever for oscillating said plate lever, a pl uralitv of pivotally mounted ratchets each actuate when selected, by said plate lever pawl and each operable, When so selected, for at one time holding said pawl outof coaction with said late lever and at another time for permitting coaction of said pawl with said plate lever, hand operated means for changing the relation of said ratchets and plate lever pawl respectively, and frictional means for holding said ratchets.

against rotation.

8. lii an addressing machine, the following parte in combination: a printing plate supply, i-eciiirocating means for successively advancing plates from said supply, a main lever, a pivoted plate lever operatively connected to said reciprocatinof plate advancing means, a plate lever pavvlj pivoted on said main lever for oscillating said plate lever, a plurality of pivotally mounted members each actuated, when selected, by said plate lever pawl and each operable, W en -so selected, for at one time holding said pavvl out of coaction with said plate lever and at an other time for permitting coaction of said paw] with said plate lever or for continuously holding said pawl out of coaction with said plate lever or for continuously permitting coaction of said pawl with said| plate lever, and hand operated means for making said selection. i

9. Iii an addressing machine, the following `artsin combination: a printing plate `supp y, reciprocating means `for successively adancin plates from said supplya main lever, a pivoted plate lever operativel ceniiected to said reciprocating plate agvaxie-y ngtmeaiisa yieldable connection.; een' s f: mi? @nid plat? advancing 93am inver Wl pvoted on saif u *maf ilu n fxtngwsad ylac lever. y glu of pv'mizy'moimf rtd web @film Vl' when selected, by d putn evet' vwl :and eafh nperabv, when so svlcct-ed, for at une time holding said paw out of coartion with Said pate eve: and at another time for permitting mastime of said pawl with said plate lever, and mand oper- 10 ated means for making said clecton.

Signed nf; Nfw York, N. Y us 12th da of Septcxrxber, 1912, before fm :ubscrbng wmieszes.

FPANK DE MINICO. Witnesses:

WILLIAM U. STRETCH, WILBUR M. SfmNE. 

